Review: Pressure-Height
Remember
¥Pressure
falls very rapidly with height near sea-level
3,000
m 701 mb2,500
m747 mb2,000
m 795 mb1,500
m846 mb1,000
m899 mb500
m955 mb0
m1013 mb 1 mb per 10 m height
ConsequentlyÉÉÉ. Vertical
pressure changes from differences
in station elevation dominate horizontal changes